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"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" is a song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon, but credited to Lennon-McCartney, released on the album Beatles for Sale in the United Kingdom in 1964 and on the album Beatles VI in the United States in 1965. It was the B-side of "Eight Days a Week", which went all the way to #1. The B-side song reached #39 in the U.S. The song itself revisits co-lead singer Lennon's familiar themes of alienation and inner pain. In this song, he is at a party, waiting for his girl to show up. When it becomes clear that she has stood him up, he decides to go, rather than spoil the party for everyone else.
It was later covered by Rosanne Cash, who took it to #1 on the U.S. Country Western chart in 1989.
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1962: Love Me Do | 1963: Please Please Me, From Me to You, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine | 1965: Ticket to Ride, Help!, Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out | 1966: Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine | 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye | 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude | 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together | 1970: Let It Be
1976: Yesterday, Back in the USSR | 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends | 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley, Love Me Do (reissue) | 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird | 1996: Real Love
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1962: P.S. I Love You | 1963: Ask Me Why, Thank You Girl, I'll Get You, This Boy | 1964: You Can't Do That, Things We Said Today, She's a Woman | 1965: Yes It Is, I'm Down | 1966: Rain | 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus | 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution | 1969: Old Brown Shoe | 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number)
1976: I Should Have Known Better, Twist and Shout | 1978: A Day in the Life | 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, P.S. I Love You (reissue) | 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, Christmas Time (Is Here Again) | 1996: Baby's in Black
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1963: I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I'll Cry Instead, And I Love Her, Matchbox, I Feel Fine | 1965: Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, Help!, Yesterday, We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper | 1966: Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine | 1967: Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye | 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude | 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together | 1970: Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road
1976: Got to Get You into My Life, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends | 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley | 1986: Twist and Shout | 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird | 1996: Real Love
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1963: I Saw Her Standing There | 1964: You Can't Do That, I Should Have Known Better, I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, If I Fell, Slow Down, She's a Woman | 1965: I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, Yes It Is, I'm Down, Act Naturally | 1966: What Goes On, Rain | 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus | 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution | 1969: Old Brown Shoe | 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number), For You Blue
1976: Helter Skelter, Julia | 1978: A Day in the Life | 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You | 1986: There's a Place | 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, I Saw Her Standing There / This Boy / Christmas Time (Is Here Again) | 1996: Baby's in Black / Yellow Submarine / Here, There and Everywhere
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